On this day: November 14

America's first library opens, a plane crash kills most of the Marshall University football team, Princess Anne marries a commoner, and Michael Jackson premieres his "Black or White" video, all on this day.

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Public domain

1851: Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale" is first published in the United States by New York City publisher Harper and Brothers.